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will john kerry now go to the pentagon? can susan rice be confirmed as secretary of state? and will nancy pelosi run for leader again? and what a welcome to washington the new class of congress arriving just in time for a classic d.c. scandal. and a different fall from grace, jon stewart, crowns himself the worst journalist in the world. >> anyone out there who thought i may have actual journalists instincts i give you a snippet of my interview. >> he loves serving, to be in the arena. i thought i was going to test him, he tested me, crushed his pelvis. he wanted to help me with the project. he can turn water into bottled water. >> the whole time i was staring at how defined her arms were. [ inaudible ]. i am the worst jurmist in the world. for god's sake the title of her book was "all in." she might as well -- >> good day. i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. we begin with the broadening and complicated scope of the petraeus investigation that has now ensnared his successor, commander of all forces in afghanistan, general john allen. joining me with their latest reporti
will john kerry now go to the pentagon? can susan rice be confirmed as secretary of state? and will nancy pelosi run for leader again? and what a welcome to washington the new class of congress arriving just in time for a classic d.c. scandal. and a different fall from grace, jon stewart, crowns himself the worst journalist in the world. >> anyone out there who thought i may have actual journalists instincts i give you a snippet of my interview. >> he loves serving, to be in the...
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something with his e-mails, he forwarded them to jill kelley and he also sent them to someone at the pentagon for them to look into. when jill kelley went to the fbi, her agent friend in june, to complain about all these e-mails she had both the ones sent to her, we know by paula broadwell as well as whatever e-mails sent to general allen and forwarded to her. she had that -- all those together. i think, andrea, it's fair to say in terms of investigations now, it's all but over for the fbi except for one last question and that is, was there some sort of a classified document violation on the part of paula broadwell? did she have access to things she shouldn't have or more likely was she improperly storing them on her personal computer and house. that's what the search on monday night was about. the people i've talked to say it doesn't appear to be anything major. i suppose the prosecutors in tampa could go either way on whether they want to pursue charges here. doesn't seem at this point like she had any truly significant danger to national security kind of documents sitting around her house.
something with his e-mails, he forwarded them to jill kelley and he also sent them to someone at the pentagon for them to look into. when jill kelley went to the fbi, her agent friend in june, to complain about all these e-mails she had both the ones sent to her, we know by paula broadwell as well as whatever e-mails sent to general allen and forwarded to her. she had that -- all those together. i think, andrea, it's fair to say in terms of investigations now, it's all but over for the fbi...
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who does, as large as the pentagon? is he the best choice to deal with the budget cuts and the kinds of things that leon panetta, because he was a former budget head of omb had more experience in? >> andrea, one of the interesting things about the statement you just read is that's normally the sort of thing that senator hagel would say once he is nominated in his -- when he testifies before the senate, for senate committee. this is a very unusual situation. he hasn't even been nominated for the job, and he is being put you tloo a quasi-nomination process. every candidate has strengths and -- that are larger than others. this is a person with two purple hearts. this is a person who has been on the intelligence committee of the senate. he has been on the foreign relations committee of the senate. as with senator kerry, there isn't a learning curve here. he doesn't have to do a world tour to get to know world leaders. he knows them. he knows them personally. he didn't just know them in the senate. he has known them for the
who does, as large as the pentagon? is he the best choice to deal with the budget cuts and the kinds of things that leon panetta, because he was a former budget head of omb had more experience in? >> andrea, one of the interesting things about the statement you just read is that's normally the sort of thing that senator hagel would say once he is nominated in his -- when he testifies before the senate, for senate committee. this is a very unusual situation. he hasn't even been nominated...
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. >>> plus, we are following big, breaking news from the pentagon. defense secretary leon panetta is getting ready to announce major military budget cuts. we'll have the details for that on you. >>> newt gingrich has had what some people view as a rough 24 hours as he tries to win over florida's crucial hispanic voting bloc. his campaign took down a spanish radio ad that described mitt romney as being anti-immigrant. that was under pressure from marco rubio, who has not endorsed anyone. rubio said, "this kind of language is more than just unfortunate. it's inaccurate, inflammatory, and doesn't belong in this campaign." former congressman and florida attorney general bill mccaollum is state co-chair of the gingrich campaign. good to see you again. let's talk about some of the taxes and rhetoric. most recently today, beginning live called romney all kind of names. there was the anti-immigrant allegation he took down in that ad. is this thing getting too nasty and couldn't this backfire against gingrich? >> i think the fact of the matter is it all got s
. >>> plus, we are following big, breaking news from the pentagon. defense secretary leon panetta is getting ready to announce major military budget cuts. we'll have the details for that on you. >>> newt gingrich has had what some people view as a rough 24 hours as he tries to win over florida's crucial hispanic voting bloc. his campaign took down a spanish radio ad that described mitt romney as being anti-immigrant. that was under pressure from marco rubio, who has not...
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why the pentagon calls this the worst case scenarios. >>> republicans have tried to go over the obama administration over gas prices. president obama will speak live from miami where he will address the anxiety over the rising cost of gas. >>> plus. >> why? as you can see -- >> what's with the audience at last night's debate booing over the question regarding contraception the pst what rick santorum said he was ready to defend? details next. ♪ [ woman ] i was ready for my trip, but my smile wasn't. [ female announcer ] new crest 3d white intensive professional effects whitestrips. it goes below the enamel surface to whiten as well as a five-hundred dollar professional treatment for a transformation that's hard to believe. ♪ wow, that's you? [ female announcer ] new intensive professional effects whitestrips. and try 3d white toothpaste and rinse. from crest. life opens up when you do. about providing for his little girl. hey don't worry, e-trade's got a totally new investing dashboard. everything's on one page. i'm watching you. oh yeah? well i'm watching you, watching him. [ male
why the pentagon calls this the worst case scenarios. >>> republicans have tried to go over the obama administration over gas prices. president obama will speak live from miami where he will address the anxiety over the rising cost of gas. >>> plus. >> why? as you can see -- >> what's with the audience at last night's debate booing over the question regarding contraception the pst what rick santorum said he was ready to defend? details next. ♪ [ woman ] i was...
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mic, you were at the pentagon that day. none of us will ever forget it nor your reporting in real time. think back to 11 years ago today what you saw, what youe witnessd and what you felt? >> i was on the air with katie couric for the "today" show reporting on the early investigation into who they thought was responsible, al qaeda, obviously, for the attacks in new york and i had just thrown it back to katie, when boom, i heard it, felt it, and within a matter of minutes, realized what it was and, of course, it was all history after that. but one of the things about today's ceremony, very somber, very low key. president obama stressed that, in fact, osama bin laden is now dead, all american troops, combat troops r out of iraq, and most -- combat troops anyway will be out of afghanistan by the end of 2014. in fact, a pentagon sources tell us that within a matter of weeks they should be drawn back down to that 68,000 level which it was thought would not be reached until some time in october. one thing about the people here in
mic, you were at the pentagon that day. none of us will ever forget it nor your reporting in real time. think back to 11 years ago today what you saw, what youe witnessd and what you felt? >> i was on the air with katie couric for the "today" show reporting on the early investigation into who they thought was responsible, al qaeda, obviously, for the attacks in new york and i had just thrown it back to katie, when boom, i heard it, felt it, and within a matter of minutes,...
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. >>> with me now is the "new york times" pentagon correspondent elizabeth miller. the president obviously anticipated the french pullback, even under sarkozy there was less of a commitment. now you have the first socialist president from france in a generation. and he has a starkly different attitude towards afghanistan and these nato commitments going forward. >> that's right. it looks like he's making good on his promise to pull out 3400 french troops by the end of this year. there might be a compromise where he'll say i'm pulling them out of a combat role. we've been through that ourselves with our own troops. you can take a soldier in a combat role and put him in a training role and he's still in afghanistan. the bottom line for the white house, this is not good because it shows a lack of commitment from the european allies in afghanistan. >> will this require us to stay longer than the president would like to? we were anticipating that there is going to be an accelerated withdrawal from a combat position. they still will have the 2014 target date, about you yo
. >>> with me now is the "new york times" pentagon correspondent elizabeth miller. the president obviously anticipated the french pullback, even under sarkozy there was less of a commitment. now you have the first socialist president from france in a generation. and he has a starkly different attitude towards afghanistan and these nato commitments going forward. >> that's right. it looks like he's making good on his promise to pull out 3400 french troops by the end of...
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our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski at the pentagon. first to you, atia. what is the reaction in afghanistan? because it has been relatively muted we know especially in comparison to the rioting after the koran burnings. what about the families themselves that were involved in this horrendous case? >> hi there, andrea. absolutely right. i think everyone in the world was shocked we didn't see more pro testifies throughout the country. the sad reality about afghanistan is they see civilian casualties almost on a daily basis and have for the last 30 years. but what we have seen from the families of the victims, president hamid karzai in fact invited them to the capital of kabul last week to hear them, to hear them out to hear their tears, their cries and pleas for justice. one man who lost 11 family members asked president karzai to do more, to actually make sure there is justice for the victims that were lost. many of these afghans still claim that there was more than one u.s. service member that went after the families there. even after u.s. officials showe
our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski at the pentagon. first to you, atia. what is the reaction in afghanistan? because it has been relatively muted we know especially in comparison to the rioting after the koran burnings. what about the families themselves that were involved in this horrendous case? >> hi there, andrea. absolutely right. i think everyone in the world was shocked we didn't see more pro testifies throughout the country. the sad reality about afghanistan is they see...
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at first, the pentagon said, well, actually we're not that far part. we're on the same page. if you press them and asked how can you continue counter insurgency which is working among the local population, trying to, you know, gain trust, how do you train local afghan security forces and police if you're not in the vils and the answer was we can't do that. there's a handful of huge military, u.s. military bases in afghanistan but by and large, the armed forces are on very small forward operating bases and smaller, 200 here, 20 here. >> now, presumably, president karzai was doing this for local consumption, political reaction at home after the koran burnings, after the massacre of the 16 civilians. that said, if the u.s. did have to withdraw to bases, they might as well just withdraw from the country. >> that's sort of the thinking. bear in mind, the white house does want to get out of this war and right now, the strategy is that most troops will be gone by 2014, the end of 2014. so we're talking about how fast that withdrawal occurs over the next two years. that's what the de
at first, the pentagon said, well, actually we're not that far part. we're on the same page. if you press them and asked how can you continue counter insurgency which is working among the local population, trying to, you know, gain trust, how do you train local afghan security forces and police if you're not in the vils and the answer was we can't do that. there's a handful of huge military, u.s. military bases in afghanistan but by and large, the armed forces are on very small forward...
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i know you're taking a break now from the pentagon. all good wishes. >> thank you so much. >> on "rock center with brian williams" in our first for network nbc news has been granted unprecedented access to the situation room. next wednesday brian williams interviews the president in the situation room with vice president biden, secretary of state hillary clinton, admiral mike mullen and the national security team. that is all wednesday, 9:00 eastern on rock center with brian williams. >>> as a columnist for "the new york times," anna quinlan became a voice for women who battled over the guilt of work and life balance and so much more. now she has written a memoir on all the chapters of her life so far called "lots of candles, plenty of cake." joining me now is bul zer prize winning author anna quinndlen. it is wonderful to have this memoir and to have you really thinking deeply in print about your role as a woman, your marriage, getting older, your children, solitude. i was fascinated by the book. congratulations. >> thank you so much,
i know you're taking a break now from the pentagon. all good wishes. >> thank you so much. >> on "rock center with brian williams" in our first for network nbc news has been granted unprecedented access to the situation room. next wednesday brian williams interviews the president in the situation room with vice president biden, secretary of state hillary clinton, admiral mike mullen and the national security team. that is all wednesday, 9:00 eastern on rock center with...
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tell me what you're trying to accomplish here and what is your response to the pentagon saying it is attempting to address this problem and doing it aggressively? >> well, as we witnessed through the lack land trials once again, that was not an easy process for the victims involved, and once again it came out that there are predators within our ranges. it's been going on for decades. we've had scandal after scandal, and it's finally reached a breaking point where something needs to be done about this to save lives. >> there were, according to the pentagon's own statistics, something like 19,000 incidences in 2010. only 87% -- or 87% went unreported according to those statistics. congresswoman spear, what can be done about this and are you satisfied the pentagon is doing enough? >> no, i don't believe the pentagon is doing enough and that's why i believe we need to create a separate office within the military so victims of rape can report it to the separate office and no that it will be handled in a judicious fashion. what happens is there were 31 victims. only one reported it. there'
tell me what you're trying to accomplish here and what is your response to the pentagon saying it is attempting to address this problem and doing it aggressively? >> well, as we witnessed through the lack land trials once again, that was not an easy process for the victims involved, and once again it came out that there are predators within our ranges. it's been going on for decades. we've had scandal after scandal, and it's finally reached a breaking point where something needs to be...
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the pentagon has opened up a small number of jobs recently, but when you look at the context of 238,000 position closed, including entire career fields, and some training schools that don't allow women in, it's a disservice to say to somebody coming back with a purple heart who has been injured in combat in the service of our country, to say we're not going to officially recognize that you were doing combat duty and that women have the capacity to compete for these positions. >> briefly, in the time we have left, has the court taken the case? do you have standing? what is the next course legally? >> yes. so the complaint was filed last week and it is now in federal district court and i think the question for the pentagon is, whether this is a policy that you come in and try to defend at this point after ten years of women doing these jobs. >> we will follow this closely. please do come back. thank you very much, captain bo dell and arianna mcdowell. >> coming up chemical weapons in syria and israel, a lot going on in the middle east. we'll cover it with jane harman. the royal baby on bo
the pentagon has opened up a small number of jobs recently, but when you look at the context of 238,000 position closed, including entire career fields, and some training schools that don't allow women in, it's a disservice to say to somebody coming back with a purple heart who has been injured in combat in the service of our country, to say we're not going to officially recognize that you were doing combat duty and that women have the capacity to compete for these positions. >> briefly,...
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there was another incident that is causing a lot of stir, jim said that at the pentagon people are quite surprised and that it creates a morale situation when leon panetta asked the combat marines to lay down their weapons. that that just does not happen. that it signaled -- it sent an unfortunate signal of no trust in our marines. >> and it does. and generally when senior dignitaries visit u.s. bases, there's a lot of weapons around the bases and the soldiers are never told to disarm. after the incident i just described in which the secretary of defense's plane came to land, there was a car, this truck, speeding down the runway, the afghan man set himself on fire. after that the defense secretary went to address marines and give a pep talk and stalk about the mission. that is all very standard. but before he entered the room, the marines were told to go stack their weapons outside and that is not a normal procedure. >> and we have seen now a picture, there's a still photo from the pool of the traveling pool of that image, it's an unusual image and of course, they are saying that it's no
there was another incident that is causing a lot of stir, jim said that at the pentagon people are quite surprised and that it creates a morale situation when leon panetta asked the combat marines to lay down their weapons. that that just does not happen. that it signaled -- it sent an unfortunate signal of no trust in our marines. >> and it does. and generally when senior dignitaries visit u.s. bases, there's a lot of weapons around the bases and the soldiers are never told to disarm....
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the pentagon announcing today women will be able to go into the battalion area. is that enough or should there be more? >> one of the issues i work on is to make sure women have access to all the various roles within the military. that they are able to do. they are very much able and part of our combat missions. we want to make sure they are able and eligible to be able to take these leadership roles. again, serve our country in the way they best can. >> senator, what are you doing to make sure the buffalo bills stay in erie county and renew that lease? >> go bills. a lot of love, a lot of affection. go bills. >> the only team that plays in new york state. the new jersey giants had a big win in the super bowl, but the buffalo bills the only team that pays taxes to the state government in albany. >> giants did a great job. thanks. >> take care. pleasure. >>> troubles abound in caucus states. that's next on "andrea mitchell reports." ♪ spread a little love today ♪ ♪ spread a little love my way ♪ ♪ spread a little something to remember ♪ [ female announc
the pentagon announcing today women will be able to go into the battalion area. is that enough or should there be more? >> one of the issues i work on is to make sure women have access to all the various roles within the military. that they are able to do. they are very much able and part of our combat missions. we want to make sure they are able and eligible to be able to take these leadership roles. again, serve our country in the way they best can. >> senator, what are you doing...
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put the white house, the pentagon, the military, not ready to announce it officially. you know, by all stretch of the imagination, it was hard to believe in -- when president obama ordered the troops that the taliban actually controlled more territory in afghanistan in december of 2009, than they did before the invasion by u.s. forces in 2003. that's largely because, as you know, andrea, the bush administration largely ignored afghanistan for years while it turned all its attention, guns and money on iraq. so it was badly needed operation to turn back the advances of the taliban at that time, and while they did stop the advances, and turn them back somewhat, they certainly haven't come anywhere near defeating the taliban. now the big question now is what happens next? defense secretary panetta has already predicted that all american combat troops could be out of afghanistan as early as the middle of next year. but given the current situation, with these insider attacks against u.s. troops, and the current suspension of some joint afghan/u.s. operations which are critic
put the white house, the pentagon, the military, not ready to announce it officially. you know, by all stretch of the imagination, it was hard to believe in -- when president obama ordered the troops that the taliban actually controlled more territory in afghanistan in december of 2009, than they did before the invasion by u.s. forces in 2003. that's largely because, as you know, andrea, the bush administration largely ignored afghanistan for years while it turned all its attention, guns and...
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in terms of the political backlash, not only there in afghanistan but here at home, the pentagon press secretary said is that despite the tragedy, we are not changing the fundamental strategy that the u.s. military has there and when asked well, won't there be pressures on the white house because this is a political year some the press secretary said we are not uconducting the war guided by opinion polls. so they are digging in right now. >> digging in indeed. it's a terrible tragedy and a complicated foreign policy challenge for this administration and a political administration, nothing happens in a vacuum. thank you both very much. >> you bet. >> joining me now, msnbc, retired army colonel, jack jacobs. how does it this happen? >> it's a failure in the chain of command, to be honest with you. you should never say never or always, but i've been in plenty of combat, and i cannot see a circumstance where people live with other people 24 hours a day and nobody knew that there was a problem with this guy. i think when there's an investigation conducted, and it will be quickly. as far as
in terms of the political backlash, not only there in afghanistan but here at home, the pentagon press secretary said is that despite the tragedy, we are not changing the fundamental strategy that the u.s. military has there and when asked well, won't there be pressures on the white house because this is a political year some the press secretary said we are not uconducting the war guided by opinion polls. so they are digging in right now. >> digging in indeed. it's a terrible tragedy and...
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the only way i get this stuff done is if i'm consulting with the pentagon, if i'm consulting with congress, and i've got bipartisan support, and frankly, the current environment is not conducive to those kinds of thoughtful consultations. i think the stories you guys have been writing observe last 24 hours is pretty good evidence of that. i think we'll do better in 2013. >> chris, mitt romney and the or candidates, other republicans immediately bounced though romney had his own problems. let's watch what he had to say about that. >> if he's planning on doing more and suggests to russia he is willing to do with them he's not willing to tell the american people to russia, this is without question our number one geopolitical foe, they fight every cause for the world's worst actors. >> i mean, even john boehner, initially, defended the president saying you don't criticize the president even the republican leader of the house saying, and the speaker of the house, john boehner said you don't criticize the president overseas. but the bottom line is, mitt romney, chris, said that russia is our gre
the only way i get this stuff done is if i'm consulting with the pentagon, if i'm consulting with congress, and i've got bipartisan support, and frankly, the current environment is not conducive to those kinds of thoughtful consultations. i think the stories you guys have been writing observe last 24 hours is pretty good evidence of that. i think we'll do better in 2013. >> chris, mitt romney and the or candidates, other republicans immediately bounced though romney had his own problems....
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in fact, the pentagon has just said, according to our colleagues there, that u.s. service members have to carry a gun fully loaded with their magazines, wherever they go on base, just for force protection measure. but when i spoke to officials here, including a general here at the headquarters in kabul, he says it's not going to affect anything. the transition will go on as it has been going on and in fact, he says that these are isolated incidents and the fact that the afghan army has grown so drastically, 60,000 more afghans since last year, and again, that makes the vetting process even harder, that the afghans and the americans and the coalition forces are still fighting together and that the more they fight together, the more they trust each other but there will always be those bad seeds. >> atia, thanks for all that context. appreciate it. >>> it's been nearly a week since mitt romney announced his choice. what have we learned about paul ryan? >>> plus, behind the scenes on hillary's plane. the inside scoop on what it's like to travel with the secretary of st
in fact, the pentagon has just said, according to our colleagues there, that u.s. service members have to carry a gun fully loaded with their magazines, wherever they go on base, just for force protection measure. but when i spoke to officials here, including a general here at the headquarters in kabul, he says it's not going to affect anything. the transition will go on as it has been going on and in fact, he says that these are isolated incidents and the fact that the afghan army has grown so...
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we understand there's been arguments between the white house, the pentagon and the state department whether there should be an apology, now five, six months have lapsed. zardari the president comes here and president obama won't even see him pep gets snubbed this way. how do we make things right with the pakistan? should we just get it over with and apologize and try to renegotiate this supply agreement and try to get back to the business of getting rid of the taliban in pakistan and the terrorists who are disrupting and killing our troops? >> i do think that our relationship with pakistan may be one of the most important in terms of the whole region. and clearly, it goes back and forth. it's been a difficult relationship for a long time. there are a lot of different pros and cons to it. and i do think that in terms of what happened on than particular event with the military strike is that obviously there are a lot of facts to it that we all don't nope which is who gave the advice, how did it work, et cetera. i think generally what we understand more and more every day is that the pakistani
we understand there's been arguments between the white house, the pentagon and the state department whether there should be an apology, now five, six months have lapsed. zardari the president comes here and president obama won't even see him pep gets snubbed this way. how do we make things right with the pakistan? should we just get it over with and apologize and try to renegotiate this supply agreement and try to get back to the business of getting rid of the taliban in pakistan and the...
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according to revelations in a new book, president obama personally signs off on targets on cia and pentagon drone strikes, places like pakistan and yemen. his extraordinary involvement is detailed in a new book. by a special correspond to "newsweek." he leaves meetings and dinners with his family and others to go over these hit lists. how unusual is that, in your experience? >> well, i think it's very unusual. there's obviously precedent for presidents getting involved in targeting. everyone knows the stories about lbj, but since the war on terror began, as involved as george w. bush was, he was not deciding individual cases in as systematic a way as barack obama has been doing since he's been in office. one thing i think is important to point out is i don't think he was doing this because he thought there was not enough going on, i think his view was he was a constraining force in some ways on the military. when he came in, you have to remember he was elected at least in part to to remember that he was elected in part to wind down the wars after 9/11. when he came in, i think people like c
according to revelations in a new book, president obama personally signs off on targets on cia and pentagon drone strikes, places like pakistan and yemen. his extraordinary involvement is detailed in a new book. by a special correspond to "newsweek." he leaves meetings and dinners with his family and others to go over these hit lists. how unusual is that, in your experience? >> well, i think it's very unusual. there's obviously precedent for presidents getting involved in...
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and for months and months, the pentagon and the white house refused to let hillary clinton po apologize. >> that's right. the assumption was if we pressured pakistan, that they would buckle. and in the end, we had overestimated our hand and underestimated their resolve. >> and they were too weak to buckle. it was a political weakness of their teams over there and of their civilian and military government that made it impossible politically, domestically for them to buckle to the united states. >> that's one issue. there is enormous amounts of anti-americans in pakistan. also, pakistan held a very strong hand. we depend on them for supplies going into afghanistan now that the president has announced that we're going to withdraw, we'll need the roads out of afghanistan even more than the roads into afghanistan, and we need their cooperation on drones,ç we need their cooperation on varieties of anti-terror issues, and they well know their stability matters a lot to the united states. so we kept threatening them and they fully well knew these were hollow threats, and essentially, they wer
and for months and months, the pentagon and the white house refused to let hillary clinton po apologize. >> that's right. the assumption was if we pressured pakistan, that they would buckle. and in the end, we had overestimated our hand and underestimated their resolve. >> and they were too weak to buckle. it was a political weakness of their teams over there and of their civilian and military government that made it impossible politically, domestically for them to buckle to the...
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has been a lot of reporting, you saw experienced veteran, former white house state department and now pentagon correspondent for "the new york times" with five specific instances where mitt romney changed his position, modified his foreign policy stance, between the last speech and the last debate and today. or last fight. >> yeah. i got to tell you, be andrea, i think the opposite is true. let's just be fair. i think the president is modifying his position to come closer to governor romney's and by the way come closer to the main stream of american foreign policy. he goes and does an apology tour and last night denies it was an apology tour. resists sanctions -- >> excuse me, senator, i have fact checked the so-called apology tour and it just didn't happen. >> yeah. he went to -- four different cities and said america had dictated -- he resisted sanctions against iran for 18 months didn't do anything, congress forced it on him, called assad a reformer and now saying he must go. proposed budgets when secretary gates was his defense secretary which were proposed $50 billion above in defense spe
has been a lot of reporting, you saw experienced veteran, former white house state department and now pentagon correspondent for "the new york times" with five specific instances where mitt romney changed his position, modified his foreign policy stance, between the last speech and the last debate and today. or last fight. >> yeah. i got to tell you, be andrea, i think the opposite is true. let's just be fair. i think the president is modifying his position to come closer to...
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. >>> the pentagon has now suspended security clearances for military personnel implicated in the colombia prostitution scandal coming as is secret service movers quickly to try to contain the fallout from its own agency. at the heart of the effort is the special agent paula reed, head of the part-time office that is oversees colombia. she is being widely praised for moving quickly within hours to round up those involved, get them out of the country and jump start the investigation. >> i can't help but wonder if there have been more women as part of that detail, if this ever would have happened. nbc's kristen welker is following the story. susan collins is part of the investigating committee, the homeland security committee. the ranking republican on that committee. kristin, a lot of focus on this. "the washington post" first reported this weekend about paul lal reed. she was a by the books -- you know, tough supervisor. not entirely popular with the men under her command. and the fact is that there are only 11% of the secret service force are women. fewer than that are african-american wo
. >>> the pentagon has now suspended security clearances for military personnel implicated in the colombia prostitution scandal coming as is secret service movers quickly to try to contain the fallout from its own agency. at the heart of the effort is the special agent paula reed, head of the part-time office that is oversees colombia. she is being widely praised for moving quickly within hours to round up those involved, get them out of the country and jump start the investigation....
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the pentagon is expected to announce today the reinstatement of charges against khalid shaikh mohammed and five of the nine-accused conspirators whose charges were dropped during the whole controversy over the military commissions but that is going to be reinstated today. so things keep developing on that front. >> they do. >> thanks, amna. why is newt gingrich still running for president? karen tim multi joins me next. this is "andrea mitchell reports." and i thought "i can't do this, it's just too hard." then there was a moment. when i decided to find a way to keep going. go for olympic gold and go to college too. [ male announcer ] every day we help students earn their bachelor's or master's degree for tomorrow's careers. this is your moment. let nothing stand in your way. devry university, proud to support the education of our u.s. olympic team. you get a 50% annual bonus. and everyone likes 50% more cash -- well, except her. no! but, i'm about to change that. ♪ every little baby wants 50% more cash... ♪ phhht! fine, you try. [ strings breaking, wood splintering ] ha ha. [ male
the pentagon is expected to announce today the reinstatement of charges against khalid shaikh mohammed and five of the nine-accused conspirators whose charges were dropped during the whole controversy over the military commissions but that is going to be reinstated today. so things keep developing on that front. >> they do. >> thanks, amna. why is newt gingrich still running for president? karen tim multi joins me next. this is "andrea mitchell reports." and i thought...